Istanbul law fired H2O cannon, tear gas as well as prophylactic bullets to interruption upward the Turkish capital's gay pride march Sunday.
Organizers said the Istanbul governor had "suddenly banned" the 13th annual parade "using the calendar month of Ramadan every bit the argue without whatever announcement." The Istanbul LGBTI Pride Week Committee position the crowd size at tens of thousands.
There were no proximate reports of injuries or arrests.
One video posted on Twitter showed a human being waving a rainbow flag beingness blasted downward a cobblestone street inward the Taksim Square area.
Police attacked every bit marchers prepared to walk from Istanbul's key İstiklal Avenue to the Tünel neighborhood about five p.m.
"People who believe inward a gratis earth but could non arrive to Taksim, nosotros invite yous to brand more or less dissonance alongside pots & pans or what e'er yous find, where e'er yous are at half dozen pm," the commission said inward a statement.
"WE ARE HERE, GET USED TO IT, WE ARE NOT LEAVING!" it continued. "Love wins!"
After beingness pushed out of Taksim, more or less marchers regrouped inward neighboring Cihangir -- "conqueror" inward Turkish.
A traditional rallying earth for demonstrations, Taksim was racked past weeks of unrest inward 2013 over plans to demolish Gezi Park – the exclusively remaining light-green infinite inward the middle of the metropolis – as well as construct a military-barracks-style shopping mall. That year, 50,000 people marched inward the pride parade.
The kickoff such celebration inward conservative Turkey was held inward 2003. Only xxx people attended.
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